Jeremy Maclin to have MRI Sunday

The Chiefs won their first playoff game in more than 20 years on Saturday afternoon by walking over the Texans in Houston, but there was one bad turn of events in their 30-0 victory.

Wide receiver Jeremy Maclin left the game on a cart in the third quarter of the game after hurting his right knee. Maclin was teary-eyed as he made his way to the locker room, which is the sort of thing that raises fears about a serious injury for a player who tore the ACL in the same knee a few years ago.

Maclin didn’t speak to reporters after the game and Adam Teicher of ESPN.com reports he walked out of the locker room with a limp but without crutches. Chiefs coach Andy Reid said that Maclin strained his knee and that he’d go for an MRI on Sunday. The latter seems more significant given the way things looked when Maclin went off the field.

The wait for those results will make for some nervous moments amid the celebrating in Kansas City.

Feel bad for Maclin, such a great guy, such a good player, and great teammate. However, Philly didn’t want to go as high on that contract as KC did for this reason. You’ll get one season, then he’ll be out for a year, spend the next year at 75% recovering and then while having a great year in the third year, boom this sad and horrible type of thing happens. So KC just guaranteed over $35M for about one season and like 3 games. In year four you’re going to cut him because the cap hit and risk are too high. So unfortunately for the Chiefs they got the one season of greatness out of the way already and it was sadly wasted with garbage Alex Smith on a team that has literally a negative percentage of winning a title. Maclin deserves so much better. He should have better luck, better knees, and a much better QB than sad AS. So KC will get demolished next week in NE and poor JMac is out till 2018. Sorry KC, maybe if Andy drafted a real QB? Just thinking.

bradyakagod says:
Jan 9, 2016 10:03 PM
I can’t see the Chiefs beating the pats with that offense esp now that Macklin is gone.
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Point taken. But Maclin wasn’t there last season when the Chiefs curb-stomped the Pats, either. KC is a disciplined team that isn’t likely to make a lot of game-changing mistakes. Here’s hoping Edelman is 100% back in the saddle.